Pooley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 24
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 5
Cambridgeshire 63
Channel Islands 13
Cheshire 40
Cornwall 298
Cumberland 57
Derbyshire 12
Devon 147
Dorset 3
Durham 46
Essex 207
Gloucestershire 11
Hampshire 28
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 36
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 1
Kent 86
Lancashire 171
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 29
London 597
Middlesex 71
Northumberland 29
Norfolk 242
Northamptonshire 3
Nottinghamshire 12
Oxfordshire 2
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 7
Suffolk 260
Somerset 14
Surrey 52
Sussex 64
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 19
Westmorland 14
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 93

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 2
Denbighshire 3
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 19
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 15
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Pooley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pooley family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 45
Living On Own Means 38
General Labourer 33
General Servant Domestic 21
Dress Maker 19
Agricultural Labourer 19
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 15
Carpenter 14
Farmer 13
Domestic Servant 12
Carman 11
House Keeper Domestic 11
Cook Domestic 10
House Maid Domestic 9
School 9
Servant Domestic 8
Tailoress 8
Dressmaker 7
Grocer Assistant 7
Bricklayer Labourer 6
Draper's Assistant 6
House Keeper 6
Laundress Wash 6
Plasterer 6
Gardener Domestic 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Pooley

Name Census Frequency
William Pooley 1,220
Mary Pooley 1,135
John Pooley 1,031
Elizabeth Pooley 724
George Pooley 572
Sarah Pooley 507
James Pooley 502
Thomas Pooley 459
Henry Pooley 348
Charles Pooley 332
Ann Pooley 321
Jane Pooley 321
Robert Pooley 280
Edward Pooley 273
Eliza Pooley 263
Samuel Pooley 244
Emma Pooley 233
Alice Pooley 214
Ellen Pooley 200
Frederick Pooley 199
Emily Pooley 195
Richard Pooley 180
Alfred Pooley 178
Arthur Pooley 176
Annie Pooley 164

Pooley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pooley 100% 17,340
2 Polley 83% 6,945
3 Paley 67% 5,600
4 Pauley 67% 2,105
5 Poley 83% 1,736
6 Pooly 83% 575
7 Piley 67% 289
8 Play 50% 194
9 Pailey 67% 188
10 Pauly 50% 159
11 Pealey 67% 147
12 Pouley 83% 120
13 Puley 67% 114

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The surname Pooley is the most popular version of all its varients

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